Imperialism
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
What is Imperialism?
Double Jeopardy
An expedition led by General John J. Pershing to capture or kill Francisco "Pancho" Villa following Villa's attack on Columbus, New Mexico.
What was the Pershing Expedition?
Letter that criticized President McKinley
What was the De Lome Letter?
Journalism based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
What was Alaska's nickname when it was bought from Russia?
Seward's Folly / Seward's Icebox
What are the THREE factors that fueled American Imperialism?
Who was the US Navy Officer (admiral) that advocated modernizing the US Navy, making it the third strongest navy in the world?
General Alfred Mahan
He hoped that by attacking American sugar mills that he would provoke an American response against Spain.
Who was José Mart�
Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry got their nickname from the _______ because they fought like cornered buffaloes?
Native Americans
How did we gain Alaska as a territory?
We bought it from Russia
The belief that it was the U.S. destiny to expand across the North American Continent
What was Manifest Destiny?
the revolutionary that tried to remove foreign influence "foreign devils" from China
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
Who led the Rough Riders in their famed charge at San Juan Hill?
Theodore Roosevelt
What territories did the U.S. gain from the Treaty of Paris?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What group of people conspired to overthrow Hawaii's Monarch
Sugar plantation owners
What does it mean to Annex?
to add to something
What exploded in Havana Harbor (Cuba), killing more than 260 sailors?
The U.S.S. Maine
Double Jeopardy
List 1 provisions of the Platt Amendment?
1.Cuba could not make treaties
2.The US was given the right to intervene in Cuban affairs if necessary.
3.Cuba was not permitted to go into debt.
a region in which a nation claims exclusive economic privileges and rights to exploit
What is a Sphere of Influence
How many years after the U.S. annexed Hawaii did they finally apologize for it?
1893-1993 / 100 years
In which of the following conflicts were US military troops NOT involved?
Cuba, Boxer Rebellion, Russo-Japan War
Russo-Japan War
A treaty signed by Spain and the United States, ending the Spanish-American War.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
A US policy doctrine that states that the US would intervene in conflicts in Latin America as an "international police power."
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
end military rule and set up a civil government in Puerto Rico
What was the Foraker's Act?
What resource was eventually found in Alaska that made American people change their mind and made the purchase worth it?
oil